Attorney General Audio

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[30:00]..." introduced says he was running for office -- run for reelection as Attorney General the state. And we were then taken to the local. Primary yen offered all the ice cream -- one that I thought politics was pretty good. -- father was involved with politics my father was Attorney General he was a candidate for governor -- time candidate for Chief Justice. And longtime views George billion morris' campaign in adviser. "...

[32:43]..." health care -- allowing her dad insists that a woman be impressed Attorney General. -- there were many ways that he was which. Exceeding tell her desires. "...

[5:05]..." you wouldn't have normally expected to run against against incumbent. Our our Attorney General -- a staunch Republican and probably more conservative and hagel actually jumped into the race before able to decide what he was "...

[8:59]..." 500000 citizens 80% of them black and Hispanic. And based on the attorney general's report at least it's in the former Attorney General. Only one out of all of those stops actually reported so as a possibility we stopped one million you'll just. And as "...

[8:48]..." this -- integration of the university of Alabama Bobby was that your Attorney General. There was a court order ordering integration. Full it was a prison the president the vice president eminent the through Attorney General two enforce a court order. So they did they have a lot of give and take between themselves and we did photograph "...

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[11:47]..." many many years later actually I've simply. I eventually became an Assistant Attorney General listed -- conventional law -- went to work every day with -- through and hid from the record. World it's from my "...

[13:03]..." to issue an appeal process changed because that -- under the US Attorney General at that time the block to veto of the board of -- I don't judge is that a lot DV that you "...

[14:09]..." had been academics before being appointed to the board. And third the Attorney General told board to decide these asylum cases. Without reading opinions -- if they affirm the judgment of people adjustment deporting that person. "...

[19:11]..." Independent agency. Separate from political agendas of the Department of Justice. When Attorney General Ashcroft fired five members of the board of immigration appeals on what looked like political grounds because they all. Clinton appointees. It's sent shivers through the ranks of the 220 or so immigration judges who are the trial judges in the Justice Department's system. And these judges have to worry about their own careers. So they should not be under the an Attorney General opened fire -- that will. They should be professional -- they should be hired. Based on their immigration experience and knowledge at "...

[22:58]..." by talking about competition there's an ongoing story scandals involving the Ohio attorney general's office. That at least up until very recently would have classically been the kind of story that. Various large Ohio papers were "...